BEIJING | Xinhua | As Chinese President Xi Jinping and a host of other leaders gather in Kazan, Russia, for the 16th BRICS summit, the world is once again turning its limelight on the burgeoning international mechanism for how it will push forward self-development and respond to global woes. A …
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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia | TASS | Russia is building up a new approach to cooperation with African countries that differs from the one effective in the USSR, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with the RBC news outlet on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF). …
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Seoul commits US$600 million to Africa’s energy, agriculture Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | South Korea has injected US$600 million into the development of Africa’s energy and agricultural sectors as the call to have close to 600 million Africans get access to an electricity grid gathers pace across the continent. The …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Norbert Mao has justified the cooperation agreement he signed with the ruling National Resistance Movement Party (NRM) as the best idea for harmonizing Uganda’s political divide. Mao, the President of the opposition Democratic Party (DP) was in July …
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Brazzaville, Congo | Xinhua | Kenya and the Republic of the Congo signed on Saturday 18 cooperation agreements and memoranda of understanding during Kenyan President William Ruto’s state visit to Congo-Brazzaville. The 18 agreements and memoranda of understanding, signed at the People’s Palace in Brazzaville, the capital of the Congo Republic, …
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Johannesburg, SA | Xinhua | Through its many initiatives, BRICS countries seeks to improve the world’s financial architecture and systems of trade and investment so as to strengthen economic performances of countries in the Global South, said Kenneth Creamer, a senior lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand. BRICS is the …
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Johannesburg, South Africa | Xinhua | South Africa continues to look to BRICS for promoting industrialization, increasing trade and investment, growing the economy and reducing unemployment, said a senior government official Thursday. “South Africa’s trade with other BRICS countries is significant; this is particularly the case with China,” said Ebrahim Patel, minister …
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Partnership focuses on transforming activities in culture, sports, health, education, digital and financial inclusion Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Airtel Uganda has extended its partnership with Buganda Kingdom for another three years. The contract renewal was announced Thursday at Bulange in Mengo. Since 2014, Buganda Kingdom in collaboration with Airtel …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bishop Elect of West Lango Diocese Julius Ceaser Nina has said his leadership will focus on Unity, cooperation and unity. Nina, who has served as a church leader for the past 34 years as diocesan treasurer for five years, Archdeacon for Kiryandongo for three …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo has revealed that he acquitted a suspect in the July 11, 2010 twin bombings in Kampala because one country declined to cooperate with Uganda in investigations. While speaking at the Joan Kagezi Memorial lecture in Kampala on Friday, …
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